When comparing Quiver vs Dash, the Slant community recommends Quiver for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?”Quiver is ranked 4th while Dash is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Quiver is:

Quiver is a notebook and note-taking app akin to Evernote which happens to also be able to edit Markdown files. As such, it has a lot of useful features such as: image support, file attachments, web content support and more.

Pros

Pro

Has more features than just a simple Markdown editor

Quiver is a notebook and note-taking app akin to Evernote which happens to also be able to edit Markdown files. As such, it has a lot of useful features such as: image support, file attachments, web content support and more.

Pro

Supports code highlighting

Has syntax highlighting for more than 120 programming languages.

Pro

Supports vi keybindings

For people used to vi keybindings, Quiver can be set up to work with them.

Pro

Live preview

Quiver has live preview for both Markdown and LaTeX. This helps users to better understand the way they are formatting their files.

Pro

Notes can be linked to each-other

Quiver notes have unique links that can be copied and pasted into other notes to gain quick access between them.

Pro

Combination of different types of writing in one note

The most outstanding thing for me. Use HTML line breaks while writing MD text.Also, unlike most hybrid editors like Bear, it supports instant image sizing and respective preview.

Pro

Cloud syncing

Pro

Great fast documentation lookup

Has a handy sublime plugin. Press CTRL-H and it jumps straight to the docs for that object.

Pro

Integrates well with a good selection of apps

They provide very useful integration with apps that are very fitting with using Dash's features. Once integrated, you can really get the feel for being a must have part of the app its integrating with.

Pro

Great utility app to use for snippets

Snippet apps come in various forms, such as basic snippet (text) containers and added features with text / keyboard utilities to name a couple. This app not only includes this feature, but takes it a bit further than most by adding unique ways to further customize this practice to your own preference.

Pro

Easy to create new docsets in case there isn't one that exits already

Gives plenty of guides and information on how to generate a docset.

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Cons

Con

No iOS apps for editing, only a viewer available

I'd LOVE to edit and create quiver notes on my iPad!

Con

The line in focus shows a border around it which is distracting

The line in focus in the editor shows a rounded rectangular border around it, which is unappealing and distracting.

Con

Much more than a simple Markdown editor

Since it's more like a note-taking app (and a note-taking app built for developers) than a Markdown editor, it may be a little excessive to use it only for its Markdown editing features.

Con

Forced wait time to view docs

If you use the free version you are very often forced to wait 10 seconds to view something you've chosen to look at. If you change apps or lose focus of Dash, it'll start that 10 second timer over again. A real crappy thing to do to your users in order to get them to buy it. Forcing you to waste your time.

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